Bale-tying machine.



No. 810,521. 1 PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906. U. M. CAGLE.

BALE TYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.23.1905.

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Witnesges v Inventor.

sfl r f 7 Attorneys PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906.

C. M. CAGLE. BALE TYING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FBB.23,1905.

s SHEETS-SHEET- 2 W't {n genton fl Attorney s No. 810,521 PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906.

G. M. CAGLE.

BALE TYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.23,1905.

3 SHBETS-SHEET 3 of the invention.

CARTER M. (EAGLE, OF Biltlh'.

P-iifilil OFFICE ELLE, 'liiiIAS.

BALE TYll' iG WMKCHEVE.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1906.

Application tiled February 23, 1905- Serial No. 246,99

To 0J7- 71/710112 it may concern.

Be it known that l, (Au'ricn 31. (3.01.1 1, a Citizen oi the United States, residing at Beekville, in the county of .lanola and State of Texas, have invented a new and usel'ul Balelying illachine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatusfor wrapping and tying bales or bundles, and while capahle,ol' general applimition is intended more especially for placing wrappers of jute or other bagging 111ateri=1l around cylindrical cotton bales and then tying the wrappers on and holding the bale co111pre red by any desired number of encircling t yingwires.

The principal object oi the invention is to provide a machine that will automatically wrap and tie cylindrical bales.

A further object 01' the invention is to co 1- struc a machine in which lengths of bagging suitable for the coverings are automatically out from a continuous sheet or strip of bagging.

A still further object of the invention is to provide improved means for automaticallv passing wires around the wrapped bale, prelerably during the wrapping operation, and then uniting the ends of the wires by twisting 0r tying the same.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a machine that will be automatically set into operation by the entrance of a bale thereinto and which will automatically ctl'ect the wrapping and tying operations and discharge the completed bale.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain'novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a halo wrapping and tying machine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view of the machine on the line 3 3 of Fig 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section 01 the machine on the line at 4 of Fig. 55. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a por- 1 tion oi. the machine drawn to an enlarged scale, the parts being shown in section. Fig. (S is a view in the nature of a diagram, illus- Ktrating the position assumed by the parts at the t'zoin 'xletion (11' a single rotative movement ol the heads and showing the manner in which the end of the wire is inserted in the clipping and twisting jaws. Fig. 7 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of one of the needles Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of a. portion of the .vireclan1ping and wrapper-cngaging bar. Fig. 9 is a plan view ol' the same, showing one 01 the balecarrying heads in section. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view o'l' a portion oi the automatic. clutch mechanism. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of one otthe sets of twistingjaws, showing also the .vire-cuttcr. Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of one of the catches for holding the twister carrying Frame elevated.

l'tliniilar n11.1nerals of reference are employed to indicate correspontling parts throughout the several lignres oi" the drawings.

The device forming the subject of the present invention is pr1a l'erablv placed adjacent to or in the same frame with a cylindricalbale-ior1ning machine, so that it may receive bales immediately alter the rolling or forming operation and place around such bales protective wrappings that are encircled by position and the bale in its compressed condition.

The working pa rts oi the apparatus are supported in a. suitable frame 10, and the previously-rolled bales are fed into the machine aiong a runway comprising a pair of spaced inclined bars 11. The bales are rolled on spools 12, having enlarged end llanges 13 and ter, these disks serving as rollers that travel course of the bale.

At the opposite sides of the machine are arranged vertical standards 15, each having at its upper end a bearing-opening for the reception of a threaded shaft 15, and the inner 'ends of said shafts are provided with disks or heads 17, having openings or recesses 18, into which the end disks H- ot the spools are rei-eived, the inclined lower wall 01' each recess nonnally assuming a position in alinenient with the upper 'lacc ol' the runway when the parts are in the initial position, so that a bale may roll down the runway and enter the rebinding-wires in order to hold the wrapper in end disks i l of comparatively large diameon the inclined trackway 11 and direct the heads.

cesses or pockets. These heads are rovided with radially-disposed slots for t e reception of the opposite ends of a transverse bar 21, that is normally pressed inward in the direction of the center of the head by springs 22, arranged between the outer end portions of the bar and strips 23 that encircle the The inner face of the bar 21 ispro vided with recesses 25' of a number equal to the'number of wires to be wound around the bale, two being shown in the present instance in order to avoid confusion, but preferably five .or six wires will be used on afull-sized machine. This, however, is a matter which depends on the diameter and len th of the bale, and it will be understood t at where the machine isemployed for wrapping and tying cylindrical articles other than cottonba'les a single wire or a plurality of wires may be employed.

In each of the slots or recesses 25 is ar-' ran ed a pair of wire-gripping jaws 26, that pref erably are secured at one end to the side walls of the recesses and having their opposite eids arranged to grasp and hold the end portion of the wire to be passed around the bale, the wire being introduced between these jaws through the medium of a needle 27.

' This needle is in the form of a pair of springstrips 28 and 29, that may be rigidly secured to each other and to a transversely-disposed shaft 30, adapted to suitable hearings in the frame and normally held in the position shown in l? ig. 3 by means of a coiled tensionspring 31, extending between a fixed point and a pin 32, carried by the shaft. The nee-- dle-strip 28 is provided with an eye 34 for the passage of the wire, while the comparatively sharp end of the inner or lower st1'ip'29 is ar ranged to bear against the wire adjacent to the lower edge of the eye, so as to hold the end of the wire projected and in a convenient position to be entered between the wire clamps or carriers 26.

To the inner face of each of 'the standards 15 issecured a double cam 37, the cam being stationary and provided with two diametrically-opposed cam-faces with which the end ortions of the clamp-bar 21 may engage as it is; traveled around with the heads 1.7, and said clamping-bar will first be forced outward to the fullest extent to ermit the ready entrance of the bale and will again be forced o l/tward at the completion of operations to permit the release of the bale and its movement by gravity from the heads.

To the outer end of the shaft 16 is secured t gear-wheel'ili), that also carries a toothed se ment 40, the gear intermeshing with a driving-pinion 4-1 on a transversely-(lisposed J: 'shaft 4:2, and the segment intermeshing with a gear 43, carried by a transversely-(lisposed.

shaft 44. The shalt 42 carries a belt-wheel 45, that is mounted loosely on said shaft, and over the belt-wheel passes a belt 46, driven by a belt-wheel 47 on a primary shaft 48. The belt-Wheel 4:5 is provided with a clutch face which may be coupled to a clutchingdisk 50 on shaft 42 as the bale enters the receiving-heads. Fer this purpose yieldable arms 51 are arranged near the lower ends of the runways and are connected by pins 52 and levers 53 to the clutching-disks, so that when the arms are moved downward by the passage ofthe disks of the bale-core thereover the belt-wheel will be clutched to the shaft, and movement will be transmitted to the latter and to the several parts of the wr ppping and tying mechanism.

shaft 44 carries a roller or drum 57 on or other material suitable for coverin the bales, and during the completion of each operative movement of the machine the said segment 40 will engage with and turn the gear43 to permit feeding movement of the wrapping strip to an extent sufficient to bring the lower end of the strip in front of the clam -bar 21, and as soon as the bale enters it wi roll directly against the strip and force the latter tightly against the clampin -bar at the beginning of the operation. The bagging is out into lengths by a pair of cutterbars, one of which, 59, is stationary, while the other bar 60 has its opposite ends guided in ICO eration of the cutters, a pair of double cams 64 are arranged on the outer ends of short shafts 65, carried b the frame of the machine, and from eac of these cams extends an annular series of studs 67, generally four in number. These studs are engaged by a vertically-arranged lug or finger 65', that is secured to the upper portion of an eccentricstrap 101, as hereinafter described, and for each movement of the latter the cam will receive rotative movement to the extent of ninety degrees, and it therefore requires two complete rotative movements of the heads to insure a single operation of the cutting mechanism. The first of these movements is for the purpose of winding the wrapping and wire around the bale, and the second move ment is for the purpose of discharging the finished bale and restoring the parts to initial position.

The frame is provided with inclined guides or supports 66 for the reception of a slidablymounted frame 67 that also isinclined, a pair of coiled tension-springs 68 being employed to move said frame to its lowest position. This frame has sup )orts for twi'stenshafts 69 of a number equal to the numb;- if wires to be employed, and on each twister IIO ahevel-pinion 70, that is in constant mesh with a bevel gear 71, secured to a transversely-dispose shaft 73, that is supported b bearings formed in the opposite side walls or the frame 67 and also extends through obliquely-disposed slots 7 4, arranged in the opposite side members of the frame 10. Each of the twisters includes a rigid jaw 76 and a pivotally-mounted jaw 77, the rear end of the latter being forced away from the stationary jaw member by means of a compressionspring 78, that tends to' hold the gripping ends of the jaws in engagement with the wire, and the two ends of the wire are first introduced between the jaws and the latter then closed on the wire, cutting the same, and after effecting the gripping operation the jaws are rotated through the medium of the gears to intertwist the ends of said wires. The shaft 73 further carries jaw opening came 79 in. the form of arms projecting from the shaft, and said cams engage the rear ends of the jaws and move the same to open position, this being the normal position, while I versely-extending shaft 87 the wrapper and wires are being placed around the bale. As soon as the cams move from contact with the jaws the latter close and cut and twist the wires, while the gears '71 make one complete revolution, and at the end of that time the cams engage with and open the aws. On the opposite ends of the shaft 73 are arranged small gear-wheels 81, with which may mesh gears 82, arranged on the ends of short shafts 83, supported by the frame. 'lhese shafts 83 are further provided with belt-wheels 84, over which extend bolts 85, driven from pulleys 86 on a lower trans- This shaft 87 is connected by a suitable belt 88 and pulleys to the driven shaft 418. The frame is further provided with. standards 90, having bearings for the reception of short shafts 91', on the outer ends of which are ratchet-wheels 92, with which engage pawls 93, so that the shaft may move in but one direction. The shaft carries a mutilated gear 95, having two sets of gear teeth orraclrs 96, that alternately en.- gage with a mutilated gear 97 on the end of the needle-shaft 30, and at the proper time these gears will intermesh in order to turn the shaft and needle from the position shown in Fig. 3 downward until the projecting end of the. wirecarried by the needle is entered between the spring holding-jaws 26 of the clamp-bar, after which the gradually move out of mesh and the spring 31 restores the needle to its initial position. From one side of the mutilated gear 95 extends a series of pins or rollers 99-f our in the present instanceand with these engages a lever 100, forming a part of an eccentridstrap 101, that is mounted on an eccentric 102, carried by the gear 39. Each complete rotative movement of, the gear 39 will result in a movement of the gear 95 through an arc of ninety degrees, and it therefore requires two complete movements of the gears 39 to effect movement of one of the racks 96 into mesh with the mutilated gear 97. The shaft 91 is further provided with a double cam 104, which may engage with the lower end of the slidably-mountcd frame 67, the cam forcing the frame upward against the stress of springs 68 and moving the gears 81 outwardfrom engagement with the gears 82. ll hen this movement has been accomplished, a spring-catch 105, carried by the main frame of the machine, will engage against the lower edge of the slidable frame and will hold the same in the elevated inoperative position, and it is not until the twister is to operate that the sliding frame is permitted to descend. This is accomplished by the engagement of the cum 104 with the inclined head of the catch 105, and when the latter is raised from rngagcmcnl with the frame said frame will slide down under the influence of springs (38, and the gears 81 will again be thrown in mesh with the gears 82 to permit transmission of movement to thetwister-shaftsv When the machine is set into operation, it results first in a single complete rotative moven'lent of the gears 39 to bring the wrapper and wire around the halo. non a dwell occurs, during which the twislcrs operate, and then another complete relative move ment of the gears 39 occurs in order to discharge the finished halo and restore the parts to initial position. "lhis second rotative movement is accomplished by operating the clutch mechanism on shaft 42 through the medium of a lever 10S and link 109 from a can] 110, carried by the shaft 73.

In the operation of the machine, the parts being in the position illustrated in Fig. 3, a bale rolling down the runway 1] will enter between the heads 17, the end disksof its spool falling into the recesses or pockets-1S in said heads. lmmc .liately preceding this the contact of the end disks with the lovers of the clutch n'ieclumism has effected the clutching of the pulley 45 to the shaft 42, and the heads revolve, carrying with them the bale. The weight of the halo causes the clamp-bar 21 to move outward against the stress of springs 22, so that the hanging cml of the wrapper is caught between the periphery of the bale and the clamp-bars and is firmly held in position, while the binding-wires have been previously introduced to the catches 26. As the movement progresses in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 3, the wrapper and wires will be wound around the bale, and during this first rotative movement the bale and core are held in proper, position within the heads by the wrapping material and the wires, there being sufficient frictional resistance to the movement of the latter to prevent the falling of the bale. The operation continues until one of the shoulders of the cam 64 passes beyond the knife-carrying bar 60, whereupon springs 61 force the movable bar in the direction of the stationary bar 59 and sever the partly-wound strip, the severed length being just sullicient to cover the bale As the op eration continues the clamp-bar will gradu ally assume the position shown in Fig. 3, with the end of the wire pro 'ecting from the clam ing-jaws in a position in alinement with t e twisters, and when this occurs the parts will automatically stop for an instant. The latter part of the movement has forced one of the shoulders of cam 104 against the catch 105 of the twister-frame, and when the latter is released it-moves down under the influence of springs 68, carrying with it the several twisters, which in moving forward are so arranged that the crossed wire will be entered between the outer ends of the jaws, and the u per portions of said jaws are provided with c ippers 112, which, however, engage only with that portion of thewire between the upper faces of the jaws and the wire-reel 113.

lhis movement causes the gears 81 to engage with the revoluble ears 82, and movement is transmitted to the shaft 73. Assoon as this occurs the cams 79 move from contact with the rear ends of the movable jaws, and the latter then close on the wire and immediately severing the upper portion of the wire start the twisting operation. The diameters of the gears 71 with relation to the diameters of the pinion 70 is such that for one complete rotativemovement of the shaft 7 3 the twisters will be rotated, say, four times, this being ample to secure a perfectly strong twist. Near the completion of movement the cam 110 again engages the lever 108 and causes the clutching mechanism of pulley 42 to arain become 0 erative, and movement wil once more e transmitted throu h the gears 41 to the gears 39. At the completion of movement of the twisters the cams 79 have engaged and opened the jaws, so that the wire is released, and shortly after the beginning of the movement of the gears 39 the ends of the clampbar will ride over one of the shoulders of cam 37 and being forced outward will relieve pressure on the bale, so that the latter is free to fall from the pockets 18. The parts, however, continue to move until the heads 17 have iully completed a second revolution and all the partr are restored to initial posi tion. During the latter part of the move-- ment of the gears 39 the gearsections 40 have engaged with the teeth of gears 43 and a quantity of the wrapping-strip is fed downward in position to pass in front of the clam ing-bar. This movement also forces the frame of the twisters upward and backward, and one of the sets of gear-teeth 96 engages the mutilated ear 97 and turns thencedle and needle-sha t until the end of the wire is again inserted between the j aws 26.

The clutch-operathig levers 53, previously tinsel from engagement with the ends of the beltwheel 45 a ainst the stress of 5 rings 125, that surround t e shaft 42. The evers 53 carry compression-s rings 126, which extend lilir' tween the col are 123 and brackets 122 and serve to move the lever 53 endvlise when the cams 121 are disengaged from the arms 120. The 0 eration of this portion of the machine is sac that each time a bale engages the members 51 pins 52 will be depressed and move the outer ends of the arms 120 to a po-' sition below the cams'lQl, whereupon the 1 springs 126 will move said levers 53 iorward and permit the springs 125 to force the clutchdisks 50 into engagement with the clutch faces of the pulley 45. The arts, will then rotate, heads 17 moving in t c direction of the arrow, Fig. 10, until the cam 121 engages the arm 120 and by moving the same outward causes collar 128 to engage clutch-disk 50 and move the same from enga ement with the clutch-face 45, thus immediately stopping the operation of the'machine, and this occurs once at each complete rotation of the heads 17. At the comoletion of the first revolution the tying ant. twisting mechanism starts into operation, and at the completion of this cam 110 raises lever 108 and by depressing the arm 109 again forces the arm l20 out of contact with the cam 1.21, and the operation proceeds as before until the finished bale moves from between the heads and the latter continue on their movement until they again assume the initial. osition.

Having thus described the inventionavhat is claimed is 1. In binding apparatus, means for ressin Y one end of a binding-wire against t e artic e to be bound, means for-turning the article to wind the wire therearonnd, and means for intertwisting the ends of the wire.

2. In binding apparatus, means for simultaneously turning the article and carrying a binding-wire therearound, so that the wire encircles the article, and means for inter-- twisting the ends of the wire.

3. In binding apparatus, a revoluble sun ort for the reception of the article to be bound, means movable with the su port for engagin one end of a 'wire, means or simultaneous y turning the support carryin the wire-engagin means, thereby to win the wire around the article, and means for intertwisting the ends of the wire.

4. in binding apparatus, a revoluble support for the article to be bound, a wire-clamp carried by the support, and means for cliperaser ping the Wire after being wound about the article, and for twisting the meeting ends of said wire.

5. In wrapping and binding apparatus, means for simultaneously winding a wrapper and a binding-wire around the article to be bound, and means for twisting the ends of the wire.

6. In binding and wrapping apparatus, means for turning the article to be bound, means for engaging a wrapper and means for engaging the tie-wire and carrying the same around with the article, and rceans for intertwisting the ends of the tie-wire.

7. In wrapping and binding apparatus, an article-sup orting means, means for clamping the end of a wrapper and the end of tiewire against the article, means for revolving the support to effect the winding 01'. the wrapper and tie-wire around the article, and means for uniting the ends of the tie-wire.

8. In apparatus of the class described, an article-support, means for clamping one end of a wrapper-strip against the article, means for revolving the article to inelose the article in the wrapper, and means for severing the wrapper-strip into wrapper lengths.

'5). ln apparatus of the class described, an article-support, means l'or clamping one end of a wrapper-strip against the article, menus for turning the support to envelop the article in the st rip, and means for severing the strip into wrapper length in advance oi the coun pletion ol the enveloping operation.

10. in apparatus ol' the class described, a revoluble article-support, means l'oi' clumping one end of a wrapper-strip against the articlo and For holding the end of the tie-wire against the \vi'appci'-sti'ip, means for turning the support to encircle the article by the w rapper and tic-wire, means for severing the wrapper-strip into n wra per-length in advance of the completion oi the turning movement, means for subserpicntly severing the tic-wire,

andmeans l'orintcrtwisting the ends of the tie-.

wire.

l]. in apparatus of the class described, a pair of revoluble heads recessed for the re ception of the ends of a cotton-bale core, a clamp-bar carried by the heads, a wire-clamp supported by the bar, springs tending to force the clamp-bar inward to engage the pe riphery ol the bale, means for feeding the end of the wrapper-strip against the inner face of the clamp-bar, means for introducing the end of a wire to the wire-clamp, means for turn in r the heads to eflect the encircling of the ba le by the wrapper-strip and tic-wire, means for severing the .vrzmper-strip into a wrapper length in advance ol the completion of the turning movement, means for subsequently severing the wire into a binding length, and means for intertwisting the ends of said wire.

12. The combination witl a pair of revoluble heads having recesses for the reception ol the ends of a bale-core, ol :1 clamp-bar extending between the heads, a wire-chimp carried by the bar, means for introducing the end of a wire into the clamp, means for feeding the end of a wrapper-strip in front of the bar, springs tending to force the ba r into con tact with the peripheryol the halo, normallylocked actuating means for the carrier, means operable by the halo for unlocking the operating means, means for cutting the wrapperstrip and means for cutting the wire, and means for intcrtwisting the ends of the wire.

1.3. In apparatus of the class described, a wire-clamping lllGIillJOl', means for introducing the end of the wire thereinto, means for turning the article and the clamping member, twisting and severing jaws through which the wire runs during the wrapping operation, said clam p serving to direct the end of the wire between said jaws after the wrapping operation, means carried by the jaws for severing the wire into lengths, and means for turning said jaws to twist the ends of the wire.

14. in apparatus of the class described, a needle formed of a pair of spring-arms, one of which is provided with an eye or the passage of the wire, the second arin being arranged to imgage with the wire at a point beyond the eye am. to hold the wire projected from the needle. I

if). in apparatus or" the class described, a needle comprising a. pair of arms, oneof which is yicldablc with respect to the other, one of said arms having an eye it)! the passage of the wire, and the other being arranged to engage and clamp the wire at a point beyond the eye.

ie. in apparatus of the class described, a pair ol' (-lari1pingja\\'s having wire-severing r: ans, a movable l'ramo carrying the jaws, moans normally maintaining the jaws in open position for the reception of the wire, a revoluble \\=ireczn'rier arranged to piss the wire around the article to be bound, to hold the wire in [rent of the jaws, means for advancing the frame and jaws, and gears movable into mesh on forward inovcmcntot said frame and adapted to revolve said. clampingjaws and twist the wire.

17. The combination with a pair of revoluble heads having recesses for the reception of a cotton balo core, of a driving-shalt normally uncoupled from the heads, means for placing the wire around the bale, and means operable on the passage of the bale into said recessed heads for clutching the head to the shalt.

18. The combimttion with a. pair ol' heads recessed for the reception of a cottorbbnle core, of a driving shalt normally uncoupled from the heads, means for passing a tie around the halo as it is revolved by the heads, means for uniting the ends of the tie, a runway for introducing a halo into the heads, and means recessed for the reception of the ends of a cotton-bale core, of a driving mechanism normally disconnected from the heads, means for automatically connecting the heads to the driving means as the bale-core enters said heads, means for passing a tie around the bale as it revolves with the heads, means for automatically stopping the heads at the com pletion of each revolution, means for uniting the ends of the tie-wire at the completion of the first revolution of the head, and means for automatically starting a second revolution of the heads after the completion of the tieformin operation.

20. na bale wra and tying mechanism, a pair of revolu -e heads recessed for the reception of the ends of a bale-core, automatlc means for enveloping the bale in the Wrapper and for passin a tie-Wire around the Wrapper and bale, said ale being held within the recess during a portion of the travel of the heads by means of the wrapper and Wrapper-- holding devices, means for severing the Wra per-str1p in advance of the completion of t e means for automatically disconnecting theclutch at the completion of each revolution of the heads.

22. In bale-tying mechanism, a pair of twisting-jaws, gearing connections therefor, a slidable frame carrying the jaws, a cam for engaging and moving the frame to inoperativ position. and means for advancing the frame to Opel-a1 we position.

. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CARTER M. (EAGLE;

Witnesses:

B, F. CARPENTER, O. A. BARRON. 

